Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2013 Jun;28(2):578–586. doi: 10.1037/a0032718

Table 6.

Logistic Regression for Association of Volunteer Work with Hypertension

Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Hours of Volunteer Work
 None (Reference) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 1–49 0.95 (0.68–1.33) 0.96 (0.68–1.35) 0.95 (0.68–1.34) 1.00 (0.69–1.46) 0.95 (0.68–1.33) 0.95 (0.68–1.33)
 50–99 0.96 (0.65–1.41) 0.91 (0.61–1.36) 0.98 (0.67–1.45) 1.00 (0.66–1.54) 0.97 (0.66–1.42) 0.95 (0.65–1.40)
 100–199 0.78 (0.48–1.27) 0.82 (0.50–1.34) 0.81 (0.50–1.32) 0.90 (0.54–1.50) 0.77 (0.48–1.26) 0.79 (0.49–1.28)
 200 or more 0.60 (0.40–0.90) 0.59 (0.38–0.91) 0.60 (0.40–0.90) 0.57 (0.36–0.90) 0.59 (0.39–0.89) 0.59 (0.39–0.90)
Extraversion 0.81 (0.61–1.06)
Agreeableness 1.42 (1.02–1.96)
Physical Activity (Measured at Baseline) 0.90 (0.82–0.99)
Physical Activity (Measured at Follow-up) 1.04 (0.95–1.14)
Psychological Well-Being (Measured at Baseline) 1.01 (0.98–1.04)
Psychological Well-Being (Measured at Follow-up) 0.99 (0.96–1.02)
Number of Difficulties with ADLs (Measured at Baseline) 1.21 (0.96–1.52)
Number of Difficulties with ADLs (Measured at Follow-up) 0.87 (0.73–1.04)
Number of Difficulties with IADLs (Measured at Baseline) 0.84 (0.69–1.03)
Number of Difficulties with IADLs (Measured at Follow-up) 1.12 (0.96–1.29)

IADLs: Independent Activities of Daily Living; ADLs: Activities of Daily Living

All models adjust for age, race/ethnicity, sex, employment status, marital status, education, baseline systolic blood pressure, baseline diastolic blood pressure, and self-reported history of diabetes, cancer, heart problems, lung problems, or stroke.